It was a little bit like playing tiddly-winks. I found that the carefully pulling on the top of the keys on this keyboard tended to have the best results in terms of getting the keys to pop off. Removing the Keysīefore removing any keys, make sure that you take a photo or have access to a reference to be sure you know where to put each key back! On the whoe there are few surpsises, but things like the cursor keys would be a little easier with a reference photo. I decided to prise off the key-tops and dishwash those, but leave the main frame safe and dry. Some suggest stripping the electronics out of the keyboard, and washing all the rest. There are many posts on the internet about this, and after some research, I decided to give it a try, as I had just inherited my keyboard from work.įirst decision was How much should I dismantle the keyboard? Some people have tried running the whole keyboard through the dishwasher, but this typically seems to be followed by letting it dry for days afterwards, and involves some risk because the electronics get wet. Today I wanted to report on my latest experiment using a dishwasher to help me clean a Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000.

Microsoft comfort curve keyboard 5000